After the fire at Grenfell Tower half a mile away in June 2017, the basement kitchen had become recognised as the heartbeat of the local community, as it tried to cope with the ongoing aftershocks of the tragedy in which 72 people died. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A couple look at tributes left at a memorial wall by Grenfell Tower a year after the disaster. A year on from that report, the charity sees the mental-health crisis that has flowed from Grenfell Tower as a case in point. In the event, Begum helped to establish, along with representatives of three other charities, the Grenfell Muslim Response Unit, which worked alongside the authorities. I lived in Whitechapel to start with then nine years ago I moved to a place right opposite Grenfell Tower.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2019 09:56 UTC